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Ready to dive into immigrant research? Start with this sampling of the best resources for exploring your European roots, from A for Albanian to, well, U for Ukrainian. Of course, we don’t have room to include all the great resources for each immigrant group. For more research tips, Web sites, books and organizations relating to your ancestors’ European homeland, see our online Ethnic Toolkits <www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic_intro.asp> and the new Family Tree Guide Book to Europe (Betterway Books).
ALBANIAN
• Albania Mailing Lists
<www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-alb.html>
BASQUE
• Basque Genealogy Home Page
• Center for Basque Studies
University of Nevada-Reno/322, Reno, NV 89557, (775) 784-4854 Ext. 254, <basque.unr.edu>
BELARUSIAN
• Belarusian Genealogy
<www.belarusguide.com/genealogy1>
BELGIAN
• The Belgium-Roots Project
• The Emigrants from Belgium to the United States and Canada
BOSNIAN & HERZEGOVINIAN
• Bosnia-Herzegovina Gen Web
BULGARIAN & MACEDONIAN
• Bulgaria GenWeb
• Genealogy Macedonia
CARPATHO-RUSYN
• The Carpathian Connection
• Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Web Site
• Carpatho-Rusyn Society
125 Westland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, <www.carpathorusynsociety.org>
CROATIAN
• Croatia GenWeb
• Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society
2527 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070, (415) 592-1190, <feefhs.org/cro/frg-cghs.html>
• A Guide to Croatian Genealogy by Adam S. Eterovich (Ragusan Press, $14 from <www.croatians.com>)
CZECH & SLOVAK
• Archives of the Czechs and Slovaks Abroad
University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, (773) 702-8456, <www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/slavic/acasa.html>
• Czech GenWeb
• It’s All Relative
• Slovak GenWeb
DANISH
• Danish Demographic Database
• Danish Emigration Archives
Arkivstræde 1, Box 1731, DK-9100, Aalborg, Denmark, <www.emiarch.dk/home.php3>
• Facts About Genealogical Research in Denmark
<www.genealogi.dk/factwors.htm>
DUTCH
• Dutch Genealogy
<www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/3453/Dutch.html>
• Dutch Genealogy Links
<www.euronet.nl/users/mnykerk/genealog.htm>
• DutchGenWeb
ENGLISH
• British Isles Family History Society-USA
2531 Sawtelle Blvd. PMB 134, Los Angeles, CA 90064, <www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa>
• English Origins
• Federation of Family History Societies
Box 2425, Coventry CV5 6YX, England, <www.ffhs.org.uk>
• Free BMD
• A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors by Paul Milner and Linda Jonas (Betterway Books)
• GENUKI
ESTONIAN
• Estonian Genealogical Society
Pk 4419, 10511 Tallinn, Estonia, <www.genealoogia.ee/English/english.html>
• How to Find Relatives in Estonia
<www.aai.ee/~urmas/urm/vast.html>
FINNISH
• Beginner’s Guide to Finnish Family History Research
<members.aol.com/dssaari/guide.htm>
• Family History Finland
<www.open.org/~rumcd/genweb/finn.html>
• Institute of Migration Emigrant Register
Piispankatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland, <www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr/eng/e_rekist.htm#inquiry>
FRENCH
• American-French Genealogical Society
Box 2113, Pawtucket, RI 02861, (401) 765-6141, <www.afgs.org>
• France GenWeb
• Franco-Gene
• Geneactes
<www.geneactes.org/index-en.html>
GERMAN, AUSTRIAN & SWISS
• A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors by S. Chris Anderson and Ernest Thode (Betterway Books)
• Genealogy.net
<www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html>
• German Genealogical Society of America
2125 Wright Ave., Suite C-9, La Verne, CA 91750, (909) 593-0509, <feefhs.org/ggsa/frg-ggsa.html>
• German Genealogy
• German Roots
• Germany GenWeb Project
• Hamburg Link to Your Roots
<www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english>
• Palatines to America
611 E. Webster Road, Columbus, OH 43211, (614) 267-4700, <palam.org>
GREEK
• Greek Genealogy
HUNGARIAN
• Hungary GenWeb
• Radix
ICELANDIC
• Emigration from Iceland to North America
<www.simnet.is/halfdanh/vestur.htm>
IRISH
• A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors by Dwight A. Radford and Kyle J. Betit (Betterway Books)
• Ireland GenWeb Project
• The Irish Family History Foundation
• The Irish Genealogical Foundation
Box 7575, Department HPA, Kansas City, MO 64116, (816) 454-2410, <www.irishroots.com>
• Irish Genealogical Society International
Box 16585, St. Paul, MN 55116, <www.rootsweb.com/~irish>
• Irish Origins
• National Archives of Ireland
ITALIAN
• American Italian Heritage Association
Box 3136, Albany, NY 12203, (518) 435-0591, <www.geocities.com/aiha_1>
• Data Banks on Italian Emigrants
<213.212.128.168/radici/ie/defauitie_e.htm>
• ItalianAncestry.com
• Italian Genealogical Society of America
Box 3572, Peabody, MA 01961, <www.italianroots.org>
• Italy WorldCenWeb
• Pursuing Our Italian Names Together
LATVIAN
• Latvian GenWeb
LITHUANIAN
• Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
Immigration History and Genealogy Department, 6500 S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629, (773) 582-6500, <www.lithaz.org/museums/balzekas>
• How to Find Relatives in Lithuania
• Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society
Box 109, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, <www.lithuaniangenealogy.org>
LUXEMBOURGER
• Luxembourg GenWeb
NORWEGIAN
• Ancestors from Norway
<homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway>
• National Archives of Norway Digital Archive
<digitalarkivet.uib.no>: Click English.
• Norwegian Emigration Center
Strandkaien 31, N-4005, Stavanger, Norway, <www.utvandrersenteret.no>
• Vesterheim Genealogical Center
415 W. Main St., Madison, WI 53703, (608) 255-2224, <memorial.library.wisc.edu/vesterhe.htm>
POLISH
• Genealogy and Poland
<www.polishroots.com/genpoland>
• PolandGenWeb
• Polish Genealogical Society of America
984 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622, <www.pgsa.org>
PORTUGUESE
• American-Portuguese Genealogical Society
Box 644, Taunton, MA 02780, <www.tauntonma.com/apghs>
• Portuguese Genealogy Links
<www.well.com/user/ideamen/pgeneal.html>
• Portuguese Passenger Ship Master List
ROMANIAN
• Romania GenWeb
• Romanian American Heritage Center
2540 Grey Tower Road, Jackson, Ml 49201, (517) 522-8260, <feefhs.org/ro/frg-rahc.html>
• Romanian Genealogy
RUSSIAN
• ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia
• Researching Russian Roots
SCOTTISH
• A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors by Linda Jonas & Paul Milner (Betterway Books)
• GENUKI: Scotland
• National Archives of Scotland
• Scotland GenWeb
• Scottish Archive Network
• Scottish Census Transcriptions
<www.scotlandsclans.com/census.htm>
SERBIAN & MONTENEGRIN
• Cultural Society of South Slavs
3510 Xylon Ave. N., New Hope, MN 55427, (612) 544-6433, <feefhs.org/frg-csss.html>
• Montenegrin Association of America
805 Magnolia St., Menlo Park, CA 94025, <www.montenegro.org>
• Serbia GenWeb
SLOVENIAN
• Slovenia GenWeb
• Slovenian Genealogical Society
52 Old Farm Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011, (717) 731-8804, <www.sloveniangenealogy.org>
SPANISH
• CIDA Database
<www.cultura.mecd.es/archivos/jsp/plantillaAncho.jsp?id=25&contentdo=/archivos/gfd/formulario.jsp>
• Hispanic Genealogy Sources
<home.att.net/~Alsosa/hisorgs.htm>
• Spanish Genealogy
<www.ldelpino.com/geneal.html>
• Spanish GenWeb
SWEDISH
• Demographic Data Base
<www.ddb.umu.se/index_eng.html>
Rötter
<www.genealogi.se/innehall.htm>
• Swedish Ancestry Research Association
Box 70603, Worcester, MA 01607, <SARAssociation.tripod.com/sara/SARA_Home_Page.htm>
• Swedish Census Database
• Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
Augustana College, 639 38th St., Rock Island, IL 61201, (309) 794-7204, <www.augustana.edu/administration/swenson>
UKRAINIAN & MOLDOVAN
• Moldova GenWeb
• Ukraine WorldGenWeb
From the December 2003 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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